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Knoxville, TN. - Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) crews will open the newly constructed permanent ramp from James White Parkway northbound to I-40 westbound on Wednesday, July 2. The new ramp is part of the ongoing SmartFIX40 project. The new ramp replaces the James White Parkway ramp that merged into I-40 from the left and […]

Concentrated Enforcement Effort on Highway 70 Begins July 3rd
Nashville, Tenn. - Local law enforcement agencies across the state will launch a high visibility enforcement mobilization along State Route 70 on July 3rd preceding the holiday weekend. This is the largest concentration of enforcement ever given to a single highway in Tennessee.
State Route 70 runs from […]

NASHVILLE, TENN., June 24, 2008 – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reports that as the grouting program at Wolf Creek Dam progresses, the Corps is in the final stages of evaluating a major contract for the installation of a concrete barrier wall.  Meanwhile, visitation at Lake Cumberland continues to rise as the summer […]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2008 was released last week at 6.4 percent, 1.0 percentage point higher than the April revised rate of 5.4 percent.  The United States unemployment rate for the month of May was 5.5 percent.
County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for May 2008, released today, show that 94 […]

Tennessee Department of Health Commissioner Susan R. Cooper, MSN, RN, has suspended new admissions of residents to the Bedford County Nursing Home effective June 25, 2008, and imposed a one-time state civil monetary penalty of $3,000. The federal civil penalty has been imposed at $6,550 a day until the violations are corrected. A special monitor has […]

Nashville, Tennessee — Thursday, June 26, 2008, kicks off the first wave of “100 Days of Summer H.E.A.T.” by the Tennessee Highway Patrol.  H.E.A.T. stands for “Highway Enforcement of Aggressive Traffic.”  Throughout the summer-long enforcement campaign, Troopers will be targeting drivers who do not use their safety belts, speed or drive while impaired.
“Troopers will be […]

Nashville, Tennessee — A new group of police officers and sheriff’s deputies graduated Friday, June 20, from Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) training conducted by the Tennessee Department of Safety. The culmination exercise commenced at 11:00 a.m., Friday, June 20, at Radisson Airport Hotel in Nashville.
Tennessee began its 40th D.A.R.E. Officer Training on June 8, […]

NASHVILLE –Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development Deputy Commissioner Bob Henningsen will present Osmose, Inc. with the Volunteer STAR Safety Award on Thursday, March 27, at 11:00 a.m. (CDT). The ceremony will take place at the company’s facility, 3450 Fite Road.

WHO:

Whitson Lumber Company
John Winkler, Administrator
Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration
 

WHAT:
SHARP Award

WHEN:

Monday, June 30, […]

NASHVILLE – The 31st Annual Tennessee Safety & Health Congress will be held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center from Sunday, July 13, through Wednesday, July 16. Attendance at this year’s Congress is expected to exceed 1,800 safety and health professionals from across the state with approximately 140 exhibitors. Registration is still […]

The Tennessee Department of Health will join the nation on June 27, 2008, to recognize National HIV Testing Day. The goal of the annual National HIV Testing Day Campaign is to educate the public about HIV counseling and testing, and to encourage people to learn their HIV status by getting tested.
“The number of newly diagnosed […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Internal Affairs Agents with the Department of Correction have arrested three women suspected of smuggling illegal and dangerous contraband into a state prison. The women are accused of mailing a pound of marijuana, 52 cell phones and tobacco to the Turney Center Industrial Prison in Hickman County on February 22, 2008.
Agents arrested […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Department of Revenue will hold its next free bimonthly new business workshop on July 22 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the department’s Murfreesboro Road office, located at 1321 Murfreesboro Rd. in Nashville. The workshop will be held on the eighth floor.
This free workshop is designed to assist those […]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development James Neeley announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for May was 6.4 percent, up one percentage point from the April revised rate of 5.4.  In 2007 the April unemployment rate was 4.7 percent.  The national unemployment rate for May 2008 was 5.5 percent, up from the April […]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner James Neeley announced that ITW Shippers Products in Mt. Pleasant was chosen to receive the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety.
“ITW has demonstrated strong commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace,” said Jim Flanagan, Voluntary Protection Program Manager for the Tennessee Occupational Safety […]

There is an error on the 2008 WMA Youth portion of the WMA Big Game Quota Hunts Application. For Henderson Island (hunt code 81) the date of the hunt is printed as September 16. The correct date is September 6. We apologize for this misprint and any inconvenience.

The Wildlife Management Quota Hunt application period will be June 18 through July 23, 2008. The Special Season Quota Hunt application period will be July 24 through September 23, 2008.
The WMA application information is now available below. You may begin applying on June 18, 2008 (not before this date) at a TWRA license agent, TWRA […]

The new Tennessee boating registration fees are effective as of July 1, 2008, marking the their first increase since 1998, according to Ed Carter, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency Boating Chief.
Boats 16 feet or less in length will increase $3 to $13 for one year. Boats more than 16 feet to less than 26 feet cost […]

Nashville, Tennessee — Trooper Steven Bourque of the Tennessee Highway Patrol is hospitalized in Chattanooga, after being involved in a crash Monday morning in Manchester.  It happened at approximately 11:15 a.m., on Bushy Branch Road as Trooper Bourque directed traffic leaving the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Coffee County.
A preliminary investigation reveals that Trooper Bourque was […]

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration Voluntary Protection Program Manager Jim Flanagan will present ITW Shippers Products in Mt. Pleasant with the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety on Thursday, June 19, at 11:00 a.m. (CDT). The ceremony will take place at the company’s facility, located at 1203 North Main Street, Mt. […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – “They’re here. They’re all here—the really fresh, just picked, tastes-better-than-anything-else-in-the-world fruits, vegetables and herbs we wait all year for,” says Tammy Algood.
“Starting just about now and lasting until frost, we’ll steam, bake, boil, skewer and grill everything as it comes into season. The great thing is, lots of Tennessee’s produce […]